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Below likes of luton blackpool and Middlesbrough (who top it).
Have to say a little surprised how poor our away support is now. Is it just due to efforts on the pitch or anything else? Is this due to coivd restrictions maybe? I thought our away following used to be half decent?
A Cardiff fan travelling from the CCS to every away ground in the Championship would have travelled 3,941 miles (approx) across the season (and that again to get home!). This is the 4th highest distance between grounds behind Swampsea (4,633); Bournemouth (4,385); and, Middlesbrough (4,330).
Based on quickest route per AA Route Planner.
We are out on a limb really , like Swansea, Plymouth etc
Clubs based in the Midlands or Yorkshire, Lancashire tend to have the best away support
Birmingham City have just a two hour trip to London, 2 and a half hours to us and to a lot of northern clubs just an hour and a half
Coventry , Forest , Stoke , Derby are very short trips
It's no wonder clubs like this have better away support than us
Blimey even Preston and Blackburn and Blackpool are just a hop on the bus for Birmingham and West Brom fans
It was the away membership fee that put me off this season if I'm honest, sick of paying it.
On the distance between grounds Derby fans had the shortest travelling distance at 2,258 miles approx. Other relatively "short" distances are Birmingham (2,308); Coventry (2,328); Notts Forest (2,374), and, WBA (2,385) - these being the only sides with a distance to other grounds below 2,500 miles.
I do wonder how other clubs' fans are treated when it comes to number of aways needed/ticket restrictions/kick off times/bubbles/ticket prices. Plus cost of travel over long distances. Must have an impact on the numbers attending. We'll done to Boro though. A good turnout. As others have pointed out though. If you've been to Boro, it's not surprising people want to leave.
What surprises me us that you think that an AVERAGE away following of over 1200 people is ‘poor’ in the current financial and covid situation. This includes midweek away games at places like Hull, Middlesborough, Peterborough and Barnsley. Not shabby at all in my opinion.
This makes a big difference.
Teams up north have a lot of away games which are close where they are given big allocations.
Big away ends at Preston, Blackburn, Sheff Utd, Huddersfield, Barnsley Hull, etc..
All out closest games are at places where we are only given around 2k
So easy for some fans to get to away games, the road signs on the M62 read like a pools coupon, league clubs at nigh on every turn off.
I'm surprised we are quite that low, but it was a pretty spectacularly dull season and there was no 'big' away day of taking several thousand, although in the championship that is probably common for many clubs. Covid restrictions did linger in Wales a little longer too, so I maybe it took us slightly longer?
Part of the issue is train ticket prices from south Wales really. Even Birmingham is expensive.